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All the museums and galleries in
Glasgow are free entry – a generous and
uplifting civic gift to its inhabitants.
Glasgow has the reputation of well-
educated people, and the talent shone
from the poverty stricken and victims
of the industrial machine breakdown.
A couple of generations ago, there
was little work in the city and the folk
were so poor that many went to the
museums (where there was heating
during the bitter winters) to keep
warm and to read. Hence from dire
circumstances came an urban army
of educated men and women who
otherwise were disenfranchised.
Indicative of the city’s pride in its
past, the new Riverside Museum of
Transport & Travel is housed under
a magic zigzag roof in the building
designed by Zaha Hadid. Spend a day
here, and see the amazing transport
collection from historic Clyde-built
trams, buses and underground rail
carriages. There are vintage cars,
cycles and motorbikes on display.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and
Museum is a mighty 19th century
indulgence – an interior with
22 bold, themed galleries housing and
displaying 800 astonishing objects. The
building exhibiting one of Europe’s
great civic art collections. Built in 1901,
brilliant finds here include:
Dutch Old Masters and French
Impressionists; Scottish Art; Salvador
Dali’s Christ of St John of the Cross;
Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the
Glasgow Style – a gallery dedicated to
one of Glasgow’s most famous sons
and the style movement which was the
UK’s contribution to Art Nouveau;
Natural History including dinosaurs
and other prehistoric mammals; Arms
and armour; Ancient Egypt – this
collection is of national significance,
featuring several objects of unique
importance linked to historical figures;
Scottish history and archaeology
including a wealth of material
relating to the early settlements across
Scotland and life on St Kilda and
World cultures including nationally
and internationally significant objects
from the Americas, Africa, South Asia
and Oceania. •
Bev Malzard was a guest of the
Glasgow City Marketing Bureau – visit:
[@] www.peoplemakeglasgow.com.au
and flew as guest of Cathay Pacific, [@]
www.cathaypacific.com.au
This is just touching the surface of
the new, hip Glasgow – there is more
to come in Get Up & Go in the future.
1 HAVE A NICE CUPPA
Sitdownforanicecupofteaanda
cake or scone in the Willow Tea Room,
designed in 1903 by Charles Rennie
Macintosh. For the price of a cuppa,
enjoy the silver chairs and mirrored
friezes. The elegant geometric mirrors
and stained glass are a fine example of
the designers’ whimsy and order.
(217 Sauchiehall St Glasgow.)
2 SEE WHO’S WHO
There’s a proliferation of dark blue
1950s ‘Police’ boxes around town that
look suspiciously like Dr Who’s Tardis –
there’s probably more to them than just
sitting around in town squares looking
benign... great op for a photo.
3EATATEACAKE
Buy some Tunnock’s tea cakes – fluffy
little confections of marshmallow
sitting on top of a biscuit, wrapped
in milk chocolate, and covered in red
and silver paper – a traditional local
sweetie. And lovely items to bring
home for gifts – if they make it!
4 HEAD SOUTH
The Burrell Collection is 4km south of
the city. A wonderful collection of items
from Chinese porcelain to Cezanne
paintings and exquisite tapestries
dating from the 13th century. Head
to nearby Pollock House in Pollock
Country Park for more local beauty.
5 GO GOTHIC
Stop and enjoy the Glasgow cathedral
– majestic and an exemplar of Gothic
architecture, this beauty is the only
cathedral in mainland Scotland to
survive the Reformation. Built in 1136,
the present structure dates from the
15th century.
Remarkably similar to the Tardis.
FAVOURITE
FIVE:
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